I Am a Strange Loop

One of our greatest philosophers and scientists of the mind examines where the self comes from – and how our selves can exist in the minds of others.

“I Am a Strange Loop is a work of rigorous thinking, but it’s also an extraordinary tribute to the memory of romantic love: The Year of Magical Thinking for mathematicians.” ―Time

Deep down, your brain is a chaotic seething soup of particles. On a higher level it is a jungle of neurons, and on a yet higher level it is a network of abstractions...